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The Quest of the Silver Fleece
ISBN: 9781483701554 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. He who would tell a tale must look toward three ideals: to tell it well, to tell it beautifully, and to tell the truth. The first is the Gift of God, the second is the Vision of Genius, but the third is the Reward of Honesty. In The Quest of the Silver Fleece there is little, I ween, divine or ingenious; but, at least, I have been honest. In no fact or picture have I consciously set down aught the counterpart of which I have not seen or known; and whatever the finished picture may lack of completeness, this lack is due now to the story-teller, now to the artist, but never to the herald of the...
He who would tell a tale must look toward three ideals: to tell it well, to tell it beautifully, and to tell the truth. The first is the Gift of God, ...
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The Man With The Silver Tongue
ISBN: 9781490476766 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In my novel THE MAN WITH THE SILVER TONGUE, when only seven years old, Luther Carruthers braved the alligator-infested waters with his parents so they could join the Seminole Indians in the Florida swamps, where as runaway slaves they would be safe. And Luther and his family ended up living as Indians. It was 1794. The Seminoles hated slavery and helped runaway Negroes whenever they could. The Seminoles called Luther "the boy with the silver tongue" because of all the languages he could speak, including most of the Indian languages. When sixteen Luther went to work as an interpreter for a...
In my novel THE MAN WITH THE SILVER TONGUE, when only seven years old, Luther Carruthers braved the alligator-infested waters with his parents so they...
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The Book of Negroes: The award-winning classic bestseller
ISBN: 9780552775489 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Abducted from her West African village at the age of 11 and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom and of finding her way home again. Based on a true story, the novel spans three continents and six decades to bring to life a dark and shameful chapter in our history.
Abducted from her West African village at the age of 11 and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom and of findin...
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65,37 |
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The Nigger Factory
ISBN: 9781847678843 / Angielski / Miękka / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An early novel from the groundbreaking artist behind The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, about militant student activists struggling against their administration for basic rights On the campus of Sutton University Virginia, the students are trying to carry forth the message of reconstruction to a university resistant to change. The failure of Sutton to embrace the changing attitudes of the 1960s has necessitated extreme action and the revolution is nigh in this scornful statement on the way in which human beings are conditioned to think.
An early novel from the groundbreaking artist behind The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, about militant student activists struggling a...
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55,31 |
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Aunt Millipus and Her Will
ISBN: 9781571687203 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Emille Jackson, nicknames Aunt Millips, was reared a slave girl on a plantation from the age of five. She was a mulatto whose mother was of Ethiopian descent and whose father was a white man she never knew. When she was fifteen her slave owner gave her to his twenty-one-year-old son for a concubine. She gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl. Although they were white in color, they were black by race. Shortly after the abolishment of slavery, the children's father, Colonel Jackson, secretly went to East Texas and deeded two hundred acres of land to Aunt Millipus and their children. He...
Emille Jackson, nicknames Aunt Millips, was reared a slave girl on a plantation from the age of five. She was a mulatto whose mother was of Ethiopian ...
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85,10 |
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The Fortunes of Blues and Blessings
ISBN: 9780991551705 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the beginning, as written in Genesis 8:22, "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease." Described by many as the two faces of fortune, it is the blues and our blessings, one causing much heartbreak and the other providing immense joy. The Fortunes of Blues and Blessing is a historical American saga telling the story of a black family in America beginning in 1849 that spans more than 100 years and five generations. The family tree takes root in Sierra Leone with the capture of a young African named Zokaya, he's carried...
From the beginning, as written in Genesis 8:22, "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall...
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60,77 |
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The Good Lord Bird
ISBN: 9781594632785 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Jaden Smith A Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year "A magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride." -cover review of The New York Times Book Review "Outrageously entertaining." -USA Today "James McBride delivers another tour de force" -Essence "So imaginative, you'll race to the finish." -NPR.org "Wildly entertaining."--4-star... Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Jaden Smith A Wa... |
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The Fires of Greenwood: The Tulsa Riot of 1921, a Novel
ISBN: 9780970995766 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early morning hours of June 1, 1921, hordes of angry whites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, crossed the Frisco railroad tracks into the Greenwood section known as Black Wall Street, armed with weapons and a determination to destroy. Within a seven hour period, they managed to slaughter over three hundred African Americans, while literally burning down all the businesses and homes within a 33 block radius. This well-written, fictionalized version chronicles the events that led to one of the most horrendous slaughters of American citizens in this country's troubled racial past.
In the early morning hours of June 1, 1921, hordes of angry whites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, crossed the Frisco railroad tracks into the Greenwood section k...
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107,14 |
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Exodus Village - Return of the African Diaspora
ISBN: 9780983315001 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The saga continues in this second installment of the Return of the African Diaspora series, as Kristin realizes her dreams for the "underbelly" of Black America.
Through Divine intervention, the Exodus Foundation becomes the catalyst for a miraculous transformation. A hybrid society develops to blend the two cultures in the Ashanti region of Ghana, with roots cultivated in ancient healing practices, green technologies, and a liberation from SAD (standard American diet) eating habits. Kristins personal life takes a back seat until old passions are rekindled, and a secret she kept from... The saga continues in this second installment of the Return of the African Diaspora series, as Kristin realizes her dreams for the "underbelly" of Bla...
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93,44 |
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Bayou Folk
ISBN: 9781479278282 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,76 |
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Dialect Tales
ISBN: 9781479278756 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,78 |
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Hammer Come Down: Memoirs of a Freedman
ISBN: 9780971428782 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,65 |
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On Promised Land: an unfinished story
ISBN: 9780971428799 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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35,72 |
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The Knight of the Dixie Wilds
ISBN: 9781484992838 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Knight of the Dixie Wilds is a story based on true events as recorded by Walter E. Taylor and co-authored with K. Meador. A Texas Reconstruction story that will take you on an adventure in nature and behaviors of people of that time. Buck Tyler faces many challenging times as he grows from a boy to a man.
The Knight of the Dixie Wilds is a story based on true events as recorded by Walter E. Taylor and co-authored with K. Meador. A Texas Reconstruction s...
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71,84 |
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The Justice Women: A Novel Of Life In Detroit's Black Bottom
ISBN: 9781492956495 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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39,87 |
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Idle, Wild, Love
ISBN: 9780615921402 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Hannah returns home to Idlewild, Michigan from Paris to escape World War II; Henry expects the awkward, frumpy girl to appear, not the beautiful, outspoken woman at the train station. The bed-hopping Henry, now finds his match in his pious, childhood friend Hannah, who wants nothing to do with him and his flirtation. He must confront his alcoholism and childhood scars from a Jim Crow South. This journey towards emotional healing sets him on a path to learn unforgettable lessons in life and love. Soon, when tragedy strikes, both Henry and Hannah's faith are tested. Will they remain in...
When Hannah returns home to Idlewild, Michigan from Paris to escape World War II; Henry expects the awkward, frumpy girl to appear, not the beautiful,...
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Five Freedom Fables: The Non-Fiction Fiction of America's Civil Rights Years
ISBN: 9781495346736 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Five stories about major campaigns in the American civil rights movement, featuring lively portrayals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, John Lewis, Malcolm X, James Forman, Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Fred Shuttlesworth, Wyatt Tee Walker, James Earl Ray, Mercury Astronaut Alan Shepard, and J. Edgar Hoover.
Five stories about major campaigns in the American civil rights movement, featuring lively portrayals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, John Lewis, Malcol...
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Scrutineer's Wake: Discovery in D.C.
ISBN: 9781478728610 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For Jalen Harkness, the challenge of a new and bullied student provides a teaching challenge which threatens his own desire to develop and grow as a historian.
For Jalen Harkness, the challenge of a new and bullied student provides a teaching challenge which threatens his own desire to develop and grow as a h...
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Electros
ISBN: 9781492956884 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ezeamaka Wanyanga sets out on a journey to rescue his future queen, Johari Wokadi, from the evil clutches of slavery in the New World. Partnered with his loyal sidekick, Fu-Ching, Ezeamaka embarks upon a quest to reunite with his wife to be. No longer protected by the Golden Army, the banished warrior must overcome tremendous odds as he attempt to not only preserve his future but also the future of an entire race of people. Electros is the first installment of hundreds of stories that all spawn out of the mind of the author. Prepare to be delighted with a story of despair and tenacity and...
Ezeamaka Wanyanga sets out on a journey to rescue his future queen, Johari Wokadi, from the evil clutches of slavery in the New World. Partnered with ...
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A Strange and Bitter Fruit
ISBN: 9781477543856 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A chilly spring night in rural South Carolina at the tail end of Reconstruction, the murder of innocents. This is the setting for the initial chapter of the historical thriller, A Strange and Bitter Fruit. Thomas "Tee" Powell, 15, manages to escape as his family is lynched. His father, Zeke, mother Hessie and young sisters Lannie and Effie were hung to teach the blacks of Aiken that voting is not the right of the former slaves, not anymore. He is angry, but instead of wildly lashing out at the Klansmen that murdered his family, he runs away. After a disastrous detour to Tallahassee, Tee joins...
A chilly spring night in rural South Carolina at the tail end of Reconstruction, the murder of innocents. This is the setting for the initial chapter ...
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